so much of the conservative legal revolution seems to outright reject the idea that democratic publics legitimately constituted can fix the meaning of the constitution without formal amendment.

And you give, I dunno, two thirds of the marks just for attending and taking part. Turning up and doing the thing is an undervalued ability.

The next big electoral crunch in the EU will be the presidential election in France in April-May 2027. If the Far Right, already in poll position, conquers France, it will be a dagger to the belly of the European Union. 11/

Though it barely mentions Russia, the 2025 National Security Strategy tells us everything we need to know by blaming the continuation of the war on Europe, not Russia. Its wording reads as if it was dictated by the Russian government:

Love set you going like a fat gold watch.

Mr Musk would like to pick off small, purely national regulators and Mr Medvedev would like a patchwork of disjointed Principalities and Archdukedoms to Russia’s west that would be easily manipulated and turned against each other and serve as a Disney-style attraction for oligarchs and their money.

Well remembered, Physgal.